Planning and Budgeting

DairyBase

Information and links to DairyBase, an online tool enabling dairy farmers and their advisors to measure and compare farm business performance over time.

Dairy farm costs (fact sheet)

Having an efficient cost of production is important for farm business financial performance.

The Dairy farm costs fact sheet breaks down farm working expenses such as cash variable and overhead costs.

Cost of production is relative to the farming system. A low cost of production is achieved by ensuring all inputs are used efficiently in the production process and that investment is directed at improving production efficiency, therefore reducing cost of production.